Blackburn + Sweetzer Has Moved

This was the scene at the northwest corner of 3rd and Sweetzer at around 4:30pm yesterday, causing significant traffic on 3rd. Owner Allan Jeffries said he believed there was another car involved in the accident, but it was nowhere in sight by then. An elderly fellow crashed into the lamp post, which then toppled on [...]

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West 3rd Street isn’t the only nabe partying tonight. It’s also the 2nd Annual Avenues of Art & Design Holiday Shopping Night from 6pm-9pm on Melrose Avenue, and Robertson and Beverly Boulevards. More than 300 shops and businesses covering the realms of fashion, interior design and furniture, food and art comprise the district, [...]

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As I mentioned, tonight is the West 3rd Street Holiday Party from 6pm-9pm, with more than 60 participating boutiques, restaurants and businesses on West 3rd between La Cienega and Fairfax.
The West 3rd Street Business Association has amped up its efforts and enlisted a marketing professional to get the word [...]

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It’s that time of year. The West 3rd Street Annual Holiday Party is next week, Thursday, December 10 from 6pm-9pm. There will be drinks, merriment, music, shopping and complimentary valet parking (check here for deets). The list of participating boutiques, restaurants and other businesses is long and distinguished, just check above. Also, note [...]

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The West 3rd Street Business Association is launching its Public Valet Service today, Saturday, November 28 at 11am, running through Sunday, December 20—just look for the orange umbrellas and orange shirts on the valets with the WTSBA logo.
Before 5pm, it’s $3.50; after 5pm, it’s $5. No validations are [...]

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Trina Turk sitting pretty in her lovely boutiue; click to expand images
Before the raucousness that was to come over at the Fred Segal Center on Melrose, I hopped over to Trina Turk for champagne, cupcakes (from Kiss My Bundt just down the way) and a look at the designer’s fall collection (including a trio of [...]

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Checked out the Mid City West Land Use Committee meeting last week, and, wow, was that an experience. Tensions run high! I’m guestimating it lasted around four hours, as I left after around three-and-a-half and they still had to do the minutes. The issues at hand were all restaurant related, whether it be parking, [...]

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The Mid City West Community Council Land Use Committee is meeting tonight, Wednesday, July 22 at 6:30pm (National Council of Jewish Women, 543 North Fairfax Avenue, Room 103).
On the agenda: The modification of The Golden State’s CUB permit to allow beer and wine consumption between 11am-5pm; Hatfield’s application for continued sales/consumption of alcohol from [...]

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In an effort to stimulate the WeHo economy, the West Hollywood Marketing & Visitors Bureau has partnered with the City of West Hollywood to launch WH Insiders, a program of deals around the 1.9-square-mile city, which includes offers on dining, shopping, spas, hotels and entertainment. From Cecconi’s to Comme Ca, Alberta Ferretti to Catherine Malandrino, [...]

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If you’d like to voice your opinion of the proposed 7-Eleven at 369 North Fairfax Avenue, you can go to the hearing before the Mid City West Community Council Tuesday, July 14 at 7pm at the NCJW at 543 North Fairfax Avenue.
As indicated by a recent email to ‘Friends and Neighbors,’ Lenore Sachs of the [...]

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Tees from MikeJames Clothing
Half of The Golden State, Mr. James Starr, is also half of MikeJames Clothing (with Mike, of course), a purveyor of simply designed T-shirts and tanks—an outlined area code map with number on a solid background—which neighborhood loyalists will love. I’ve been waiting for ‘323‘ to be avail again, and it finally [...]

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Got word from Lilliam that Entourage will be filming this Friday in the nabe, so park, gawk or avoid accordingly:
Just got this notice that Entourage will be filming on June 5, Friday from 7am to 2am. This means no parking anytime west side of Fairfax Avenue from Oakwood Avenue north 500ft., north side of Rosewood [...]

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